Bees play a vital role in our ecosystem by pollinating plants and flowers. However, sometimes bees can become a nuisance if their hive is located too close to your home. You may be tempted to use soapy water to get rid of them, but does soapy water actually kill bees? Let’s take a closer look. … Read more
Termites are small insects that feed on cellulose materials like wood, cardboard, paper, etc. While a few termites in your home may not cause much damage, a serious termite infestation can lead to extensive damage to the wooden structures and framings of your house. Identifying termite activity early and taking appropriate control measures is crucial … Read more
Wasps are a common type of insect in the order Hymenoptera. People often mistake them for bees, but they look different and have different behaviors. In this article, we’ll talk about how wasps are built, what happens when they sting you, common myths and facts about wasps, and if holding your breath can stop you … Read more
Do you ever wonder if there are any gross things that ants do or things that they don’t do? Well, you may be surprised to learn that like humans, ants fart and pee and poop. Ants do all three of these things in many of the same ways as humans do them. For Instance, ants’ … Read more
Pet and wild Skunks eat the following: Small reptiles Small amphibians (frogs, toads, newts) Water snakes Bees Snakes Cockroaches Grasshoppers Crickets Beetles Beetle larvae Spiders – even the black widow spider Fish Scorpions Rabbits Mice Voles Moles Shrews Ground nesting birds Other small animals. Skunks use their long nails to dig into ant colonies and … Read more
In terms of pests, bed bugs are among the worst. They also bite. But they also spread very quickly and are very hard to get rid of In places like: Furniture and laundry have dark cracks that make it hard to find them. Many of them can be found even if you kill some of … Read more
Bees fly between 12 and 20 miles per hour, yellow jackets (a type of wasp) between 6 and 30 miles per hour, and hornets up to 25 miles per hour. Insect Average Flight Speed Fastest Flight Speed Honey bee 12mph 20mph Bumble bee 7mph 33mph Yellow Jacket 7mph 30mph Hornet 14mph 25mph Horsefly 10mph 18mph … Read more
A skunk smells like really good weed/pot (not so much the smoke, but the unburnt buds themselves), but skunk spray is an unholy combination of burned rubber and rotten onions. Sadly, I’m quite familiar with the smell since my dog; Ronald has an affinity for skunks. She’s been sprayed three times in the past five … Read more
Wasps can survive without food or water for up to two days. Although the majority of wasps die of starvation within 72 hours, this varies according to species, class, age, weather, diet, and how recently they ate. Due to their unique biology, a wasp can even survive without its head until it dies of starvation. … Read more
Wasps construct nests from wood fiber, and as a result, they require a nearby construction resource. The queen wasp scrapes wood fiber from wood materials and chews it to combine it with her saliva, resulting in the formation of paper pulp. She then spits it out at the desired nesting site, shaping and constructing the … Read more